Musical expectations

I wrote recently about letting go of expectations, surrendering into the reality of experience, rather than controlling it, measuring it, predicting it, manipulating it to meet what you want to find. I can practice this on the mat and I can practice it off the mat. Wherever is appropriate. At the weekend I went to... Continue Reading →

June 4, 2015 2

babycrowyoga hits the newsstands!

I am super-excited to have a small piece in omyoga magazine this month! Brace yourself, regular readers -- it's about my hamstring! It's a bit of a whimsical piece written in the style of a love letter, but there's an underlying serious message about how we treat our bodies (or how our ego perceives our... Continue Reading →

May 28, 2015 10

It’s spring!

Spoiler alert -- this has very little yoga in it. If that's what you were wanting, please come back another day! Today felt like the first day of spring to me! It helped that I had taken the day off work. To be honest I thought I might feel a little the worse for wear after... Continue Reading →

April 20, 2015 1

Happy Birthday!

Happy birthday me! I'm 40 today. I thought I'd get the number out of the way up front. If I say it quickly enough, maybe we won't any of us notice it... My day started beautifully across town in my home yoga studio. My first two-hour class in a long while. Perhaps even the first of... Continue Reading →

April 19, 2015 3

The yoga of conference attendance?

What have conferences got to do with yoga? To be honest, I'm not sure. But I'm at one now, and I've been struck by how different my behaviour has been both towards other people and towards myself this time around. And I can't help feeling this is at least partly due to my yoga practice... Continue Reading →